Pre-Owned Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (Paperback) 9780075536062

from michaelm42071

This is not the first book to read on the subject of how form assists meaning in poetry; for that I would go back to John Ciardi's How Does a Poem Mean? But Fussell's book is a good, succinct one for those who have some little knowledge of prosody and want a very good summation of metrics and of ...

from belleyang

I heartily recommend "Poetic Meter and Poetic Form" by Paul Fussell, Jr. His prose is elegant, erudite and brimming with subtle humor. (You may have read his history on WWII, which I hear from historian friends, is excellent.) I bought "Poetic Meter and Poetic Form" as a ragged little paperback i...

from rooze

This is, indeed, an authoritative guide to meter and form. However, Fussell's arrogance had me running to other equally authoritative yet substantially less elitist sources. Try Mary Oliver's Rules of the Dance or Stephen Fry's The Ode Less Travelled instead.

from dawnpen

Helpful but no imperative. A good explanation of prosody (without getting too lofty) and decent source for examples. I used the book to help my students scan poems better. *NOTE* The chapter on free verse is garbage.

from Whicker

A study of the mechanics behind the art. Fussell looks into what separates good from great in poetry, again, froma mechanical standpoint.